Well pretty happy overall at how ive done while off the diet. Measured at 160.0 and 18.1% on the scale this morning. Going to give it a solid effort today thru Wednesday to look my best for the 4th.

Doing a two day depletion starting in a few minutes here. I am going to eat one taco afterwards though leftover from what I made yesterday. I guess thats ok immediately following a workout though not ideal.

Thank you. Fueled by drug and alcohol abuse, Narcissim, and the ever increasing conflict between freedom and success. Its getting to be so difficult to be yourself but play by all these rules obama and his ilk want you to bow to.

About two weeks ago my shoulder impingement started flaring up so I decided to drop weight training altogether for 10 days. In the past this has allowed me to rehabilitate it before it got worse and sometimes breakthrough plateaus by giving myself sometime to rest. Similar to a deload but a bit more extreme.

During the break I raised calories mainly by re-adding carbs and continued taking ephedrine and high protein to reduce catabolic effects of the break from training. I also did no intentional cardio because I learned the hard way in February that cardio during a weight training break has nasty muscle loss results.

Yesterday was my first day back in the gym. Im really split between attempting to finish this cut with RFL or just moving to like a +20/-20 leangains approach or UD 2.0.

At 160 lbs and low bodyfat cutting becomes an absolutely different ballgame. My calorie intake has to be so low,my free fatty acids are so low, and drinking any reasonable quantity of alcohol destroys my deficit.

For the next 2-3 workouts im going to continue focusing on getting my conditioning back and improving my form while I figure out where to go from here. Right now my main focus has been adding range of motion to my squats and improving hip flexibility. Ive dropped the weight back to 135 lbs in effort to rebuild my form for maximimum long term results. While previous knee injuries will probably prevent me from reaching full squats I was scared to attempt this while on RFL.

Hit the gym again with the same focus. Gaining some motivation back I think.

Honestly I just cant decide where to go. Part of me doesn't feel like RFL right now because of the severe calorie restriction, but forcing down enough calories right now for a bulk feels gross on multiple back to back days in the summer heat. Plus I dont want to gain fat.

For the moment im eating things like pizza and pasta after my workouts and on off days taking a more RFL approach. Kinda like a +20/-20 type thing. Not sure how my body will respond.

Really id like to try to increase muscle/weights but I cant stand the thought of the accompanying fat gain while my shirts off for the summer. UD 2.0 is probably the best approach. Perhaps ill try it again starting Monday.